Against all odds, Althea Zoltaire emerged from her trials as a champion. Now, she must train even harder and prepare herself to become a true warrior of Thezmarr.
But Thea’s world is turned upside down as she struggles to navigate her newfound magic and uncover the secrets of her past. Slowly, she begins to untangle the truth about her family, her powers and the evil that threatens to engulf the kingdom.
When Wilder Hawthorne returns to be her official mentor, everything changes. Dark forces are gathering, and he will stop at nothing to prepare her for the challenges to come, even if it means breaking her.
As war looms and their quest for answers leads master and apprentice deeper into danger, the undeniable connection between them intensifies – defying all odds, but also threatening to tear them apart.
With secrets unravelling and evil closing in, Thea and Wilder fight to save the world, and each other. The fate of the realms rests in their hands – will they emerge victorious, or will the darkness consume them both?
Genre: paranormal / fantasy
Publication date: September 2023
Mature content: yes
Review: Vows and Ruins is book 2 in the The Legends of Thezmarr series by Helen Scheuerer, and it's my favorite so far! It closely follows Blood and Steel, and it's not meant to be read as a stand alone, but the transition between the two books is very well done.
Not all is clear in the story, we get the distinct feeling we are not yet seeing the whole picture, but I loved Vows and Ruins, way more than book 1.
I loved to see how Thea grew up, how she took her training seriously, how much she improved, but Wilder is definitely my favorite character (even at the very end, when he turns the tables on us...).
Vows and Ruins is a bit heavier on the violence and the sex scenes vs the first book in the series, but if you read book 1 you need to read Vows and Ruins. And once you do, then you need to move on to book 3, because there's no way you are leaving that story unfinished...
Happy readings!
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